Praying Arm Lane

well hey i been down that a way<br>with a dream on my arm<br>yet me an` my love we could not stay<br>we heard voices of children<br>an` by little hands were led astray<br><br>all the boughs bend for us<br>all the earth awaits thee<br>all the stones they will cry out<br>an` ev`ry tongue confess thee<br><br>oh my dream come an` take me quickly<br>`fore the struggle take me<br>yeah lay me down any way you choose<br>an` let the voices of our children wake me<br><br>the boughs they all will bend for us<br>an` all the earth awaits thee<br>all the stones they will cry out<br>yes an` ev`ry tongue confess thee<br><br>an` though the word yes<br>it falls on deaf ears<br>it is spoken jus` the same<br>the word is stands<br>look straight at ev`ry man<br>from kings down to the lay<br><br>well i told it fast an` glad<br>the color of a sloe drink<br>or so they say<br>so they say by the light of day<br>hidden `neath their wings<br>of black, brown an` grey<br><br><br>the boughs they all will bend for us<br>an` all the earth awaits thee<br>all the stones they will cry out<br>an` ev`ry tongue confess thee<br><br>an` though the word yes<br>it falls on deaf ears<br>it is spoken jus` the same<br>the word is stands<br>look straight at ev`ry man<br>from kings down to the lay